Underestimate Corbyn at your peril, Dominic Raab says

The Conservatives would underestimate Jeremy Corbyn "at their peril", a Tory MP has said.
Dominic Raab said voters were "sick and tired" of "synthetic" politicians.
At a fringe event looking at perceptions of the Tories, Mr Raab also said some people wrongly saw its MPs as "fat, male" and "aristocratic".
The panel debated what they said were "fundamental problems" with the Conservatives' "brand " compared with Labour.
Before the debate, the panel watched a presentation by Ipsos Mori pollster Gideon Skinner, who said that... read more

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